Farewell to the hops

Every gardener (and farmer, presumably) scratches his head now and again and wonders whether more effort is spent on life or death. It often seems that more time goes into killing pests or keeping them at bay than actually growing plants!

Our virgin hop harvest has succumbed to a plague of flies and Margaret, Head of the Hop Crop, has taken positive action. We’ll just have to give it a shot again next year…